School Board Race Will Have Competition

Editor's Note: there have been some changes made to the original post to reflect a few corrections in the terms and the election process. Patch regrets any errors.

The School Board candidates are official, and there’s enough of them to make for some healthy competition.

There are two three-year term slots opening and one one-year (vacated early by Sheila Conklin). As of Monday at the 5 p.m. filing deadline, there are four candidates (one incumbent, three newcomers) running. 

The two candidates with the highest votes will get the three-year terms while the candidate coming in third will get the one-year term.

They are:

Vincent Nadile, veteran Board member, former Vice President of the Board, and a Tarrytown lawyer, who is running again. He once advocated for more enriching programming for advanced students. In another Patch article, he said, "There really are no sacred cows left," when faced with the potential of tough budget cuts for the 2011-2012 year.

Jennifer Liddy Green, a former lawyer who has been a stay-at-home mother to her three boys for the last 10 years. Her youngest will be entering kindergarten in the fall, which “kind of lead me to think I have some free time on my hands now to do this.” She and her husband, also a lawyer, founded Kids' Club, which in turn created the Community Coalition, gathering organizations to better meet the needs of our villages.

Carol Banino, also a former lawyer and now a stay-at-home mother, described having the usual amount of complaints with the school system but decided now to take a more proactive stance in running for the board. One of her main concerns: making the schools more challenging. She's always class mom and running book clubs for her two girls. 

and John Paine, loyal board meeting attendee, who is a parent of two and works for the state in economic development. He said he's eager to move past his role with the board as commenter/observer: “I am a life-long student, and want to give everyone in the district the same advantages that a good public education has given me.”

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Patch will be holding some online Q&A for these candidates in the upcoming days and weeks, but I welcome reader questions as well. Please share your questions for the candidates in the comments and stay tuned for more as we get to know each, in their own words.

The budget vote and election of new Board of Education members will take place on May 21.

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